stover
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- Scrabble points
- 9
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- 10
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- 6
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Definition of stover
3 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
noun
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(countable, uncountable)Fodder for cattle, especially straw or coarse hay.
“Thy turfy mountains, where live nibbling sheep, And flat meads thatch'd with stover, them to keep; […]”
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noun
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(countable, uncountable)Fodder for cattle, especially straw or coarse hay.
“Thy turfy mountains, where live nibbling sheep, And flat meads thatch'd with stover, them to keep; […]”
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(countable, uncountable)Stalks and leaves, not including grain, of certain forages
“Even second-generation biofuels, made from crop wastes or wood, are an environmental disaster, either extending the cultivated area or removing the straw and stovers which protect the soil from erosion and keep carbon and nutrients in the ground.”
name
- A surname from German.
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From Anglo-Norman estovers (“necessities”) via Middle English estover (“allowance”), ultimately from Latin est opus (“there is need”). Compare estover.
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